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Junior Accountant

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🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

💲 Accountant / Accounting

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

Where this job comes from

Posted on peopleworth's careers page, not through a job board

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peopleworth

1 - 10 employees

💼 Consulting

👥 HR Tech

🧘 Wellness

Consulting • HR Tech • Wellness

peopleworth is a B2B consultancy that helps small and medium-sized businesses improve human capital, payroll, business operations, cybersecurity, and workplace mental health. The firm offers strategic HR and payroll management, culture and performance development, counselling and coaching, compliance and policy support, and scalable operational tools through its peopleworth Employer Group to boost efficiency, compliance, and employee wellbeing.

📋 Description

• Provide day-to-day accounting and bookkeeping support across multiple entities and client accounts. • Complete routine bank, credit card, supplier, and account reconciliations. • Process invoices, payments, receipts, and other financial transactions accurately and on time. • Maintain organised and up-to-date bookkeeping records across assigned entities or client accounts. • Support accounts payable and accounts receivable activities, including monitoring outstanding items and assisting with follow-ups. • Assist with preparing reconciliations, schedules, and supporting financial information for month-end and accountant review. • Communicate with clients and internal stakeholders to request documentation, clarify transactions, and resolve routine accounting queries. • Capture and maintain financial information accurately within accounting systems. • Identify missing information, discrepancies, or unusual transactions and raise these with the appropriate colleague when required. • Maintain supporting documentation for accounting, audit, compliance, insurance, and internal reporting purposes. • Support more experienced accounting colleagues with ad hoc finance and bookkeeping activities. • Develop knowledge of accounting processes, systems, and reporting requirements through practical experience.

🎯 Requirements

• Approximately 1 to 2 years of practical experience in bookkeeping, accounting administration, finance support, or a related role. • Foundational experience completing bank or account reconciliations. • Experience processing invoices, payments, receipts, or other routine financial transactions. • Working knowledge of Xero or similar cloud-based accounting software. • Basic understanding of accounts payable, accounts receivable, and bookkeeping principles. • Strong numerical accuracy and attention to detail. • Ability to organise assigned work, meet deadlines, and manage multiple routine priorities. • Good written and verbal communication skills. • Confidence communicating professionally with clients or external stakeholders regarding routine finance queries. • Ability to work independently on assigned tasks while asking for guidance when appropriate. • A diploma, certificate, degree, or ongoing studies in Accounting, Finance, Bookkeeping, or a related field is advantageous.

🏖️ Benefits

• Collaborative, people-centred performance culture. • Opportunities to grow in a fast-paced environment.

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